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**grimx133** · 11-20-2008, 11:41 PM

Have you tried doing the defrag in safe mode?

Do you have an xp disc (not an oem restore disc), if so try typing "sfc /scannow" (without the quotes) into a run dialog box. Hold down the windows key and press "R" to get the run box. It'll check your system files and replace any as required. If it needs to replace it'll ask for the xp disc so it can get the files from there. Should you not have a disc, it may be possible to access the files from the hdd if you have an i386 folder, but that requires a registry edit.

11-20-2008, 11:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,133 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: Can't Get Defrag to Work Have you tried doing the defrag in safe mode? Do you have an xp disc (not an oem restore disc), if so try typing "sfc /scannow" (without the quotes) into a run dialog box. Hold down the windows key and press "R" to get the run box. It'll check your system files and replace any as required. If it needs to replace it'll ask for the xp disc so it can get the files from there. Should you not have a disc, it may be possible to access the files from the hdd if you have an i386 folder, but that requires a registry edit. __________________